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No. 65l,584; Patented June l2, I900.

J. E. WALSH.

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TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,584, dated June 12, 1900.

Application filed February 5, 1900.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. WVALsH, acitizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usef ul Improvements in Trucks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to trucks for hauling various commodities that can be dumped or discharged therefrom in masssuch,for instance, as dirt or coal.

One object of the invention is to construct a truck body or box in a manner such that it may be removed from the truck by a derrick and moved to any desired position, its contents dumped through the bottom thereof,and then placed upon the truck.

Another object is to make a truck on the plan just outlined and at the same time make its box in a manner such that it may be dumped through the end-gate by running the box back and tilting it over the end of the truck-platform.

The invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts hereinat'ter fully described, and set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure l represents in side elevation a truck embodying my invention. Fig. 2 isa vertical transverse section taken in the plane indicated by the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan of the truck-plat- Fig. 4t is a vertical transverse section through the box or body of the truck, taken in the plane indicated by the line 4 4, Fig. 1.

The truck-platform is represented at 5 and has formed along its sides, as at 6, suitable of the box. At the end of the truck-platform there are journaled rollers, as 8, and near the forward end of the truck there are additional rollers 9, upon which the forward end of the box rests. To hold the box in position upon the platform, any suitable means may be employedas, for instance, a bolt, as indicated at 10--which may be secured to the front end of the box and passed into a socket 11 in the platform.

Serial No. 4,106. (NomodcL) The box or body of the truck is provided with an opening bottom, which may be formed in any suitable manner, as by hinging it to one side of the box. A bottom thus formed is indicated in the drawings at 12. To hold this bottom closed, suitable lugs or projections, as 13, may be attached to its free edge, and catches, as 14, may be pivoted to the sides of the box in a position to engage the projections 13. Suitable tripping means may be provided for throwing these catches and releasing the bottom. Such means may consist of a rod, as 15, connecting the upper ends of the pivoted catches 14. A suitable spring, as 16, may be provided for holding those catches in a closed position.

also is preferably provided with a hinged end The truck-box.

To return the hinged bottom of the box to place after a load has been dumped, suitable spring mechanism may be employed. One form of such mechanism is illustrated, and consists of springs, as 18, housed in suitable tubes mounted on the side of the box. These springs have connected to their free ends cords or cables 19, which pass over pulleys 20 and 21 and connect with the free edge of the bottom.

Means by which to lift the box from the truck are attached to the box and may consist of the chains 22, secured at their ends to rings or other devices fastened securely to the box, said chains meeting in a ring placed in the vertical through the center of gravity, so that when the box is lifted by said chains it will be supported in a horizontal position.

To prevent the sides of the box from being sprung inwardly when the box is elevated by the chains, suitable braces, as 23, are employed. The means just described by which the box may be lifted are for the purpose of connecting said box to the fall from a derrick or other hoisting apparatus.

A box constructed as above described may be dumped either through the end-gate or through the bottom, the end-gate being provided for dumping the box while on the truck, said box being run back and tilted over rollers 8 on the end of the platform for this purpose. The usual Winch and chains (seen at upon the platform. When the box is to be lifted from the platform, as by a derrick, the chains 25 are unhooked from the sides thereof, which leaves the box free to be lifted bodily from the truck and carried to the point Where" its load is to be dumped. When. it arrives at such point, the workmen have simply to move the bar 15 and release the hinged bottom, when the load will fall out, and immediately upon the loads falling out the bottom Will bereturned to place by the action of the springs 18. p

A truck thus constructed may be used with great advantage in carrying material to docks when said material is to be loaded onto boats or in taking material from excavations, into which the box may be lowered for filling and when filled raised and placed upon the truck to be carted to the dump. At the dump the truck may be emptied by sliding the box backward and tilting it over the end of the platform, when its contents may be readily discharged through the end-gate.

' The form of parts and their arrangement may be considerably changed from those shown and described without departing from my invention.

I claim as my in vention- 1. In atruck, the combination of a runninggear or truck, proper, and a body or box independently movable thereon, and having means to adapt it to dump tl'lrou'gh its bottom and one end, and having means connected thereto, adapted to permit of its removal. from said running-gear, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination ofa truck, a body or box mounted independently movable upon said truck, and having an opening bottom, means for dumping said body or box, and

means for the automatic closing of said bot tom comprising spring-actuated connections between said bottom and the body or box, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a truck, a body or box movably mounted upon said truck and having an opening bottom, means for dumping said body or box, means for the retention of said bottom normally in place comprising connected-together latches adapted to engage said bottom, substantially as set forth.

a. The combination of a truck, a body or box mounted independently movable upon said truck and having an opening bottom, means for dumping said body or box, means for the retention of said bottom normally in place comprising spring-connected latches adapted to engage said bottom, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of a truck, a body or box mounted independently movable upon said truck and having an opening bottom, means for dumping said body and box, means for the retention of said bottom normally in place comprising latches connected together by a rod, with a spring applied thereto, to cause the automatic engagement of said latches with said bottom, and means to effect the automatic closing of said bottom after being opened comprising lines connected to said bottom and engaging suitable pulleys, and

springs secured to said body or box and said lines, respectively, substantially as specified. Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 29th day of January, A. D. 1900.

JOHN E. lVALSI-I. Witnesses:

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